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03-24-2005, 04:28 PM
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RE: oil
in my manual i have for my 96 it says in the back that it takes 5.. but they made some changes and in the front of the book they explain it which it says that they need 6 quarts now. I didn't know it at first and i put five and it read low.. so I found out the correct amount and added another one.
03-24-2005, 06:51 PM
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RE: oil
Acer2428......7 quarts?! You must have an oversized oil filter or independent oil line and cartridge of some sort. Maybe an oversized race oil pan? No way any '98 GT normally takes 7 quarts unless you are pouring it in with the oil drain plug out. You gotta have something custom going on with your crankcase. I am pretty sure most all '96-'98 GT 4.6's took 6 quarts. Could be exceptions to the rule out there as Ford is famous for this. Go figure finding stock '96-'98 GT's with anything from a 2.78 to a 3.27 rearend. I have checked and rechecked the codes many times and there is some strange stuff going on out there. Ford must try to use up surplus parts on certain production runs.
Now, on using synthetic oil like Mobil 1, here is the deal: 1) You drive your car an average of 12,000 miles a year (just for example); 2) you change your oil every 3,000 miles; 3) 12,000 divided by 3,000 makes "4" oil changes a year; 4) synthetic oil you change at a minimum of every 4,000 miles; 5) 12,000 divided by 4,000 makes "3" oil changes a year. Start to get the big picture? I know drivers that go a minimum of 5,000 miles between oil changes with synthetic. I don't simply because I think the filters get too stuffed up with crap. It evens out in the long run. PLUS, synthetic oil pours at -49F in the winter the same as conventional oil does in the summer. Conventional oils won't even pour out of the bottle at that temperature! Synthetic oil has no carbon to leave deposits in your engine. Synthetic oil allows your engine to rev at higher rpm's and actually dyno's at around a 3 hp improvement in power. Mobil Oil ran an engine 200,000 miles on Mobil 1 and took the engine apart to find that its parts still speced out within the tolerance of what constituted a "new" part. Virtually no wear on the engine at all! Not too bad, huh?
Check out these sites: http://www.redlineoil.com/products_m...3&synthFlash=1
http://royalpurple.com/techa/whyrpa.html
http://royalpurple.com/techrp/summary.html
http://mobil1.com/USA-English/MotorO...Do_For_Me.aspx
Now, on using synthetic oil like Mobil 1, here is the deal: 1) You drive your car an average of 12,000 miles a year (just for example); 2) you change your oil every 3,000 miles; 3) 12,000 divided by 3,000 makes "4" oil changes a year; 4) synthetic oil you change at a minimum of every 4,000 miles; 5) 12,000 divided by 4,000 makes "3" oil changes a year. Start to get the big picture? I know drivers that go a minimum of 5,000 miles between oil changes with synthetic. I don't simply because I think the filters get too stuffed up with crap. It evens out in the long run. PLUS, synthetic oil pours at -49F in the winter the same as conventional oil does in the summer. Conventional oils won't even pour out of the bottle at that temperature! Synthetic oil has no carbon to leave deposits in your engine. Synthetic oil allows your engine to rev at higher rpm's and actually dyno's at around a 3 hp improvement in power. Mobil Oil ran an engine 200,000 miles on Mobil 1 and took the engine apart to find that its parts still speced out within the tolerance of what constituted a "new" part. Virtually no wear on the engine at all! Not too bad, huh?
Check out these sites: http://www.redlineoil.com/products_m...3&synthFlash=1
http://royalpurple.com/techa/whyrpa.html
http://royalpurple.com/techrp/summary.html
http://mobil1.com/USA-English/MotorO...Do_For_Me.aspx
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